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(1) Negligible i.e. 2 or less. Notes: 1. Relates to adults only. 2. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5. Source: Local Management Information. |
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many specialist child protection officers have been employed in each police force area in each of the last five years. [165670]
Mr. McNulty: Figures collected by the Home Office, on police officer and staff numbers by function, do not separately identify child protection officers.
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what meetings she had with the Commissioner of the Police for the Metropolis in each week since June 2007; what the (a) location and (b) duration of each meeting was; whether a record of each meeting was kept; who attended each meeting; what the cost was of each meeting, broken down by (i) administrative and (ii) other costs; and if she will make a statement. [167397]
Mr. McNulty: My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary and I have regular meetings with the Metropolitan Police Commissioner to discuss official business.
Ms Abbott: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what training is being provided to neighbourhood police teams on dealing with radicalisation in their local communities; where such courses are delivered; and what the duration of such courses is. [165839]
Mr. McNulty: I refer to the reply I gave on 19 November 2007, Official Report, column 504-05W to my hon. Friend, the Member for Rotherham (Mr. MacShane).
In addition to the advice and training already available to Neighbourhood Policing Teams, some also receive bespoke Intelligence and Community Engagement training, which examines the issues relating to neighbourhood policing teams engagement with local communities. This training, which lasts a day and is delivered in force, is being piloted in four police forces and consideration is now being given to its wider dissemination. Police personnel are also able to learn about how to deal with radicalisation through a specific internet website.
The National Policing Improvement Agency is currently completing a major Training Needs Analysis for Counter-Terrorism which includes an analysis of training needs in the areas of radicalisation and extremism. The new learning programme will be available in 2008.
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police community support officers there were in each of the last four years in each police force area. [165674]
Mr. McNulty: Figures for the four years from 31 March 2004 to 31 March 2007, the most recent published period, are given in the following table.
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